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Monday, December 17, 2012

Even though the reviews were mixed, it did not stop Hobbit fans from turning out in droves this weekend. The film raked in over $84M in the US and added another $138M internationally. The previous best December opening was for Avatar which took in $77M, but I don't think this movie will beat Avatar. I just think that Avatar had more staying power than The Hobbit will. Unlike the three Rings films, Hobbit did not get any Golden Globe nominations. On a side note, Skyfall has almost hit $1B globally which means there will be another 20 years of Bond films and Daniel Craig can probably ask for an receive a fortune for the next installment.

A bit unrelated but a woman I know went to see this movie Friday at a theater in Philly and a man was standing in front of the screen by himself, screaming at the top of his lungs.. So obviously people complained. Security came in and tried to escort him out, when that happened he flipped out even more and started throwing punches. Security finally tasered him, he kept fighting, so they had to do it a few times and kept telling him to stop fighting it. Well the whole theater wasn't able to watch the movie because of this and gave everyone free movie passes. I just thought this story was super funny.

I went to see it but fell asleep for most of it. In my defense, I am 16 days near my due date and despite my bf I am extremely tired he still wanted to see the 11:50 showing. Probably will try to see it again.

I can't wait to see it but I only go on Tuesday bc it's half price. I'm hoping I have time tomorrow bc I wil kick myself for again telling myself to save money bc an epically, beautifully shot movie is just as good at home on my tv than a giant screen. I really need to get out more lol

Huh I guess I'm the only one here who was disappointed. I felt it was heavy-handed (did we really need to focus so much on the ring as it dropped?) and much too long - did we really need so much of the brown wizard and his hedgehog? It was the editing that was off. Also, I saw it in 3D, and with the 48 fps it didn't quite work as well with people, but with the CGI it was great. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, but I'm hoping as Jackson isn't so rushed to get this out he'll take his time with 2 and 3 post-production and tighten it up.

The scene with Gollum, tho, was absolutely brilliant and worth every penny.

I'm not the Hobbit watching type, hate fantasy, but I saw Silver Linings Playbook and absolutely loved it. I know Bradley Cooper has a reputation here and I have nothing that contradicts that but in the move, he was good. Everyone was.

Please let it beat Avatar. It wasn't a bad movie, but I just couldn't understand why people were going nuts over it. It seemed more about the special effects than about good storytelling and acting. I just kept thinking Ferngully meets Dances with Wolves.

@ Dagny - Yeah I heard some call it "Dances with Smurfs" too. I was such a big Ferngully person that it was all I could think about when watching it. The sacred tree, the "people" who were in tune with nature and the environmental stuff was a little too familiar. @ Cee Kay - Yeah so many were hyping it and I would always ask how good it was. Everyone would rave about the look and the effects. Not one person would ever tell me anything substantial about the story or the acting. It was all about the look.

@Mistang. People didn't go nuts over the Storyline for Avatar...it was the first time this type of 3D technology, created by Cameron, was ever used. People went for the Phenominal visuals (which were breathtaking), over the storyline. The Storyline was decent enough, where it made for an amazing movie all together. A++++ for visuals and a B for the storyline.

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